The President of the Republic and the Minister of Health have issued a decree, which is expected to be published in the Official Gazette in the following hours, which establishes the obligation of public sector employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for employees of the public sector, as well as the possibility for employers in…
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The Constitutional Court has declared as without merit the actions brought against the Regulations of Convention 175 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on Part-Time Work issued through Government Agreement 89-2019 of the President of the Republic. As a result, the Regulations on Part-time Work are now in effect, raising questions about part-time hiring including…
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn” Alvin Toffler. We learned labor law as a branch of legal sciences, a summation of concepts and theories, that little by little has been clashing with reality. Labor law structured for a…
BLP advised the seller, Grupo Orbis (Pintuco), on this regionally impactful transaction employing attorneys from each of our offices in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, as well as coordinating with lawyers in Panama. Besides conducting due diligence in the jurisdictions of Central America, BLP also analyzed the competition in each of the countries and if required…
On July 6, 2021, the Minimum Wage National Council approved the respective decrees to increase the minimum wage for all sectors of the economy including commerce, services, industry, textile maquilas, agroindustry, and agriculture. The decrees were submitted to the Executive Branch for final approval and publication in the Official Gazette. According to governmental authorities, the…
Approval of the extension of the period authorizing the reduction of working hours for the Tourism Sector, due to the Declaration of National Emergency. On May 21, 2021, Law 9982 went into effect allowing employers in the Tourism Sector who demonstrate that they are still economically affected by the pandemic to request the reduction of…
At BLP, we believe that a revolution has begun in the way we do business. Our specialists are available to guide you through the region’s economic reactivation process. Watch our series of content below. Global Mobility & Relocation: Central America: The region of new opportunities. Learn what you need to leap into e-commerce. Occupational Health and…
The observance of New Year’s Day on January 1 is regulated throughout the region as follows: Costa Rica: Under Article 148 of the Labor Code, January 1 is declared a compulsory payment holiday. An employer who has a weekly payment method (non-commercial activity), in which only the days worked are compensated must add the payment…
We are aware that the current situation demands companies to rethink how to approach labor relations, with this in mind, BLP’s regional Labor & Employment team analyzes the new labor reality in Central America in the face of economic reactivation processes in the next series of content. Labor challenges to employers in Central America. Application…
For quite some time, electronic contracting has been a business reality; and in the labor sphere, a business force. When the pandemic eventually passes, it will leave, besides the pain and anguish that it has signified, many lessons of life, organization and employment formations, and foresight of legal amendments according to situations like this pandemic…